diff --git a/rocky/variables.conf b/rocky/variables.conf
index 0054b90..a04e4e7 100644
--- a/rocky/variables.conf
+++ b/rocky/variables.conf
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ MODULE_DEFAULTS_BRANCH = 'r9.0'
 
 VARIANTS_SCM = 'git'
 VARIANTS_REPO = 'https://git.rockylinux.org/rocky/pungi-rocky.git'
-VARIANTS_BRANCH = 'r%s' % RELEASE_VERSION
+VARIANTS_BRANCH = 'r%lh' % RELEASE_VERSION
 VARIANTS_FILE = 'variants.xml'
 
 GATHER_PREPOPULATE_REPO = 'https://git.rockylinux.org/rocky/pungi-rocky.git'
-GATHER_PREPOPULATE_BRANCH = 'r%s'% RELEASE_VERSION
+GATHER_PREPOPULATE_BRANCH = 'r%lh' % RELEASE_VERSION
 GATHER_PREPOPULATE_FILE = 'prepopulate.json'
 GATHER_PREPOPULATE_COMMAND = ''